Skip to main content

Pagination

Explore practical guides and implementation patterns for this topic.

Posts

Apex Development

How to Build Pagination in Salesforce Using StandardSetController and Wrapper Classes

By
💬 In plain words: Pagination breaks massive lists of Salesforce records into smaller, clickable pages (like Page 1, 2, 3). By combining Salesforce's built-in StandardSetController (which handles the math for "Next" and "Previous" pages) with a custom Wrapper Class , you can display these smaller lists while letting users check boxes next to rows to perform bulk actions. Displaying hundreds or thousands of records on a single page causes slow load times, high memory consumption, and a terrible user experience. Furthermore, standard Salesforce sObjects (like Account ) do not have a built-in "isSelected" checkbox field for the UI. To solve both problems simultaneously, we pair the ApexPages.StandardSetController with a custom Apex Wrapper Class.
Read article
Read Apex guide: How to Build Pagination in Salesforce Using StandardSetController and Wrapper Classes
Topic LWC
Lightning Web Components

Reusable Pagination Component in LWC: Client vs. Server-Side Guide

By
In plain words: A Reusable Pagination Component in Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a standalone UI control that breaks down massive data lists into numbered pages. It calculates total pages dynamically based on record count, highlights the active page button, and communicates page changes to parent components using a standard JavaScript CustomEvent . Displaying hundreds of records at once on a Salesforce dashboard or custom table creates visual clutter and degrades browser rendering speeds. Rather than duplicating navigation buttons and page calculations across multiple custom components, creating a modular child pagination component ensures clean separation of concerns. The child component manages navigation state, while the parent handles data slicing and server-side queries.
Read article
Read LWC guide: Reusable Pagination Component in LWC: Client vs. Server-Side Guide
Topic Data Table Dynamic Search File Upload Lightning Web Components LWC Recipes Pagination Salesforce Development toast notifications
Data Table Dynamic Search File Upload Lightning Web Components LWC Recipes Pagination Salesforce Development toast notifications

Must-Have Salesforce LWC Recipes: 7 Essential UI Components for Developers

By
In plain words: Lightning Web Components (LWC) Recipes are modular, reusable code blueprints designed to solve everyday Salesforce UI challenges. Instead of writing custom components from scratch, developers use these proven recipes—covering dynamic search, custom pagination, data tables, file attachments, and drag-and-drop interfaces—to speed up project delivery and ensure high user adoption. Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC) have revolutionized user interface development by combining modern web standards like custom elements and shadow DOM with enterprise platform security. Whether you are building interactive dashboards, document upload workflows, or Kanban task boards, having a collection of reliable UI recipes saves development time and ensures consistent user experiences across your org.
Read article
Read: Must-Have Salesforce LWC Recipes: 7 Essential UI Components for Developers
Topic LWC
Lightning Web Components

Building a Reusable Paginator in Salesforce LWC: Complete Component Guide

By
In plain words: A Paginator Component in Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a modular navigation control that splits large lists of records into manageable pages. It provides intuitive navigation buttons (First, Previous, Next, Last) and informs the parent component of page selections via standard JavaScript CustomEvent dispatches. Displaying hundreds of records at once on a Salesforce page slows down browser performance and overwhelms users. A dedicated child paginator component cleanly separates the user interface navigation controls from data retrieval logic, allowing you to reuse the exact same pagination toolbar across lists, data tables, and custom cards.
Read article
Read LWC guide: Building a Reusable Paginator in Salesforce LWC: Complete Component Guide
Topic LWC
Lightning Web Components

How to Keep LWC Datatable Rows Selected During Pagination

By
In plain words: When you use a paginated <lightning-datatable> in Salesforce, clicking "Next Page" completely refreshes the table's data. Because of this, any rows the user checked on Page 1 will be forgotten by the time they get back. To fix this, we must write custom JavaScript to save the IDs of selected rows into a "master list" behind the scenes, and then re-apply those selections every time the page changes. Displaying large datasets in Lightning Web Components (LWC) requires pagination to maintain performance. However, out-of-the-box, the lightning-datatable component does not remember selected rows when the underlying data changes. In this tutorial, we will build a custom datatable with "Previous" and "Next" pagination buttons that flawlessly remembers user selections across pages.
Read article
Read LWC guide: How to Keep LWC Datatable Rows Selected During Pagination
Topic LWC
Lightning Web Components

How to Build Reusable Pagination in Lightning Web Components (LWC) with Apex

By
Loading large datasets into a single view slows down page render speeds, clutters the UI, and risks exhausting browser memory. Implementing clean, responsive pagination inside your Lightning Web Components (LWC) delivers a crisp user experience while keeping data retrieval well within Salesforce platform limits. In plain words: LWC pagination splits large record lists into bite-sized pages. Instead of fetching thousands of records at once, the component requests only the current page slice from Apex or slices client-side memory on demand.
Read article
Read LWC guide: How to Build Reusable Pagination in Lightning Web Components (LWC) with Apex